a) What is a Cookie?
Cookies are low-dimensional rich text format formats generally consisting of letters and numbers, which are recorded by the website when a web page is visited, which record certain information about the users by the website through browsers on the users' terminal devices (such as computers, smartphones, or other devices such as tablets). Cookies do not contain personal data about visitors, such as name, gender or address.
Cookies are created by servers that manage the website you are visiting. This way, when the visitor visits the same site, the server can understand this. Cookies can be considered like identity cards that show to website owners that the same visitor has visited the site again.
b) Types of Cookies
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According to Their Duration | Session Cookies (Temporary Cookie) | The session cookie, also called the temporary cookie, is used to ensure the continuity of the session. When the user closes the internet browser, session cookies are also deleted. |
Persistent Cookies (Tracking Cookies) | Persistent cookies, which are not deleted when the internet browser is closed, are automatically deleted on a certain date or after a certain period of time. Through this cookie, each time the user visits a website, the user's processed data is transmitted to the server. Due to persistent cookies, if the website is visited again with the same device, it is checked whether there is a cookie created by the website on the device and, if any, the content to be transmitted is determined accordingly and thus a better service is provided. | |
According to the Purpose of Use | Mandatory Cookies | These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website. They are used compulsorily in order to fulfill an information society service (such as logging in, filling out forms, remembering privacy preferences) requested by the user. |
Functional Cookies | These are cookies used for remembering personalizations and preferences used on a website or in applications (including applications on desktop, mobile or IoT devices). These cookies are used to provide functionality, which is out of the scope of the mandatory cookies. | |
Performance-Analytical Cookies | These are cookies that allow statistical measurements to analyze the behavior of users on websites. They produce analytical results such as the number of visitors to the website, the detection of the pages viewed on the website, the visiting hours, the movements of scrolling the website pages. They are used by website owners to estimate the number of unique visitors, identify the most important search engine keywords that lead to a web page, or track website navigation. | |
Advertising/Targeting Cookies | With cookies for advertising and marketing purposes, they aim to determine personal interests by following the online movements of users in the internet environment and to show advertisements to users on the internet for these interests. They are used to customize the advertisements served to users on the website and to prevent the re-display of advertisements that have already been displayed. | |
By Parties | First Party Cookies | First-party cookies are placed on the device by the website visited. |
Third Party Cookies | Third-party cookies are not placed on the device by the website visited, but by a third party, such as an advertiser or an analytical system. |
c) For What Purposes Are Viravira Website Cookies Used?
Viravira uses cookies for the following purposes:
- To perform the basic functions necessary for the operation of the website.
- To analyze the website and improve its performance.
- To increase the functionality of the website and to ensure ease of use.
- To carry out personalization, targeting and advertising.
d) Method of Collection of Cookies and Legal Reason
Through cookies, we collect your personal data electronically by automated means. In this context;
Mandatory cookies are used to perform an information society service (remembering log-in, form-filling and privacy preferences, counting visitors to our website and measuring traffic) that you have requested. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed within the scope of "(where) it is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to the contract, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract" in accordance with Article 5/2-c of the KVKK, or "(where) the data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject" in accordance with Article 5/2-f of the KVKK.
Advertising and Targeting cookies are used by our business partners to profile you based on your interests and to show you relevant advertisements. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5/1 of KVKK.
Functional cookies are used to make our website more functional and personalised (to ensure that your preferences, with the exception of your privacy preferences, are remembered when you re-enter the site). Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5/1 of KVKK.
e) Cookie Management and Cookie Settings
You can change your preferences regarding cookies at any time by clicking on "" under the "KVKK" tab on our website. Click on the "Save settings" button by turning the buttons on or off according to your preference in the cookie management panel. Refresh the page to enable your settings.
In addition, some control can be achieved via the browser settings. You can access information on the management of cookies in frequently used browsers via the links below:
- Google Chrome (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en)
- Mozilla Firefox (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?redirectslug=enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences&redirectlocale=en-US)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d)
- Safari (https://help.apple.com/safari/mac/9.0/#/sfri40732)
- Opera (https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/)
If you refuse persistent cookies or session cookies, you may continue to use the website and mobile site, but you may not be able to access all functions of the website and mobile site, or your access may be limited.
f) Rights of the Personal Data Owner within the Scope of Article 11 of KVKK
As personal data owners, you can request your requests regarding your rights by filling out the Information Request Form (it is possible to access the relevant form at viravira.co address) and by using one of the methods specified in the form to reach Viravira (by hand and through a notary public to the address Ataturk Mah. Citlenbik Cad. Tadim Plaza Blok No:4 Atasehir Istanbul Turkey or by using the electronic mail address [email protected] registered in our systems in accordance with the "Communiqué on the Right to Application Procedures and Principles to the Data Controller" or by sending an e-mail to [email protected] as our KEP (Registered Electronic Mail) address), the request will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest, depending on its nature. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, the fee in the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board will be charged by Viravira.
In this context, personal data owners have the right
- to learn whether personal data is processed or not,
- if their personal data has been processed, to request information about it,
- to learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
- to know the third parties to whom personal data are transferred at in Turkey or abroad,
- in case the personal data are processed incompletely or incorrectly, to request their correction and to request that the transaction carried out within this scope is notified to the third parties to whom the personal data are transferred,
- to request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing disappear, even though it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 6698 and other relevant laws, and to request that the transaction carried out within this scope is notified to third parties to whom personal data is transferred,
- to object to the occurrence of a result to the detriment of the person themselves due to / by analyzing the processed data exclusively by means of automated systems,
- in case of damage due to unlawful processing of personal data occurs, to request the removal of the damage.